If we fail to make any signings, it might seem like we are complete doomed but remember this is Crystal Palace, we perform best when our back is against the wall, when we lost Murray our top goalscorer in the Playoffs everybody was laughing at us and they completely wrote us off!

Brighton had a terrific record at home, we had an appalling away record, so therefor we had lost already, completely written off. Brighton supporters partying away as if they'd absolutely walk it.

Ulloa; Brighton's new 2 million quid striker was absolutely on fire and was tipped to absolutely rip us a new one, did he? Did he bollocks, was made to look a slow league 1 player at best by two released defenders that nobody else wanted.

Everybody was just waiting for Brighton to score then 'BAM!!' Wilfried Zaha of all people pulls off a stunning header to make it one nil to the Palace, moments later he completely slays their defence with a terrific turn and fires a rocket like shot into the back of the net much to the disgust of pundits and all things Brighton. The Palace faithful cannot f***ing believe it, they are going absolutely f***ing crazy all around the world!

The underdog had slayed the dragon and now were going to Wembley with an even bigger test against the most deadly strike partnership in the Championship consisting of player of the year Matej Vydra and Troy Deeney both with more than 20 goals each to their names. You guessed it completely written off by pundits and all things Brighton yet again....

They went into this game with pride,courage and valour...

What the 'castoff' Palace players and academy boys displayed on this day was absolutely extraordinary!

It still brings tears to my eyes when I remember the blood, sweat and tears that our boys put into the game that day, these boys loved the club to bits and were putting absolutely everything they can to make sure they repay the club for the faith the club showed in them and oh boy did they repay us, we won! We had won the richest football match in the world due to a penalty in extra time won by our very own Zaha and converted by 39 year old veteran on loan striker Kevin Phillips!

Despite all the 'expert' pundits who predicted us to be bottom of the league, the same pundits who wrote us off in all the playoff games, we were in the Premier League at last after an 8 year absence.

Moral of the story is we play best when we are the underdogs with our backs against the wall, we find ways of upsetting and surprising the football world in so many ways so don't be surprised if we stay up despite making no January signings! These boys will give it their all, blood, sweat and tears! Make no mistake of that!

Come on you Palace!!!

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A post with sense! Let's keep the faith for Tuesday.

"Look at that. Accident blackspot? These aren't accidents! They're throwing themselves into the road gladly! Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness!"

Great post. Very inspiring but if we don't sign any decent players we will go down I would put my mortgage on it.

We can't score goals, we have Wilbraham as back up. In this league you can play really well for the whole game, as we have done quite often this season but if you can't score goals you will lose matches... It's that simple.

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

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